Business Bourbon & Cigars Podcast

Avoid Blowing the Decision You Already Know Is Coming

You already know the call you’ll blow this quarter. Same squeeze, same bad yes. I’ll show you how to decide it once, while you’re calm, so the pressure never gets a vote.

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You already know the decision you’ll blow this quarter. Same squeeze, same bad yes, same result. Not because you’re careless, but because of when you decide it.

Under pressure, the you who shows up isn’t your sharpest thinker. It’s your most scared one. In this episode you’ll learn how to take a repeat decision off the moment: pick the call you keep getting wrong, name the trigger you can actually see, draw the line while nothing’s on fire, write the move before you need it, and hand it to someone who won’t flinch. Decide it once, and the pressure never gets a vote!


Topics discussed:

Introduction (00:00)
Marcus and the $400,000 “yes” (02:05)
Piece 1: pick the repeat offender, not your biggest call (03:54)
Piece 2: name the trigger you can see coming (05:13)
Piece 3: draw the line while nothing’s on fire (07:40)
Piece 4: write the move before you need it (10:37)
Piece 5: hand it off so you can’t undo it (14:33)
How Marcus held his margin through a slow stretch (16:45)
The whole build in one breath (17:31)
The hardest piece to do alone, and where it gets done (18:24)

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